Comment & Analysis
Editorial
With State Funding in Crisis, a Show of Startling Ambition from Universities
NUI Galway this week announced plans to build a €200-million innovation district, following similar announcements in UCD and UL.
Editorial
Grand Canal May Reshape Higher Education. Its Philosophy Merits Interrogation
The government has thrown its weight behind an innovation district at Grand Canal Dock – with Trinity at the centre.
Editorial
Women-Only Posts Could Right an Old Wrong – But They Need Long-Term State Funding
It’s not clear how long government funding for new – and expensive – women-only professorships will last.
Editorial
TEP’s Benefits Won’t be Immediate. But Students Shouldn’t be its Guinea Pigs
Amid increased exam sittings, current students could be forgiven for wondering how the Trinity Education Project is benefiting them.
Editorial
When the Government Ignores the Arts, Trinity Must Fill in the Gap
This week’s investment in business and science subjects shows that the government has little interest in the arts.
For this Government, ‘Looking to Tomorrow’ Means Serving Today’s Corporations
On higher education, the government's priority is not building a better future – it's creating a workforce to cement the status quo, writes Cormac Watson.
Editorial
Has College Learned Any Lessons From Last Year’s Exam Fiasco?
Hectic cloakrooms and exam paper mix-ups were another staple of this year’s exam period.
Editorial
A Withering Critique of Direct Provision – Which Ignores Third-Level Entirely
An Oireachtas report on direct provision made no recommendations for how to improve access to third-level for asylum seekers.
Jo Murphy-Lawless is Telling Stories of a Better World
Despite all the odds, former Trinity lecturer Jo Murphy-Lawless still has hope for the future.
Editorial
For Creative Arts, a Set of Complex Problems With a Simple Solution: Funding
It’s not clear what the future holds for Trinity’s School of Creative Arts.